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CATAPULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Synonyms:
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; catapult; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("catapult" is a kind of...):
engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.)
Derivation:
catapult (shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult)
catapultian; catapultic (of or like a catapult)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A device that launches aircraft from a warship
Synonyms:
catapult; launcher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("catapult" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
catapult (shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult)
catapultian; catapultic (of or like a catapult)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("catapult" is a kind of...):
plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)
Derivation:
catapult (hurl as if with a sling)
catapultic (of or like a catapult)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they catapult ... he / she / it catapults
Past simple: catapulted
Past participle: catapulted
-ing form: catapulting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hurl as if with a sling
Synonyms:
catapult; sling
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "catapult" is one way to...):
cast; hurl; hurtle (throw forcefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They catapult the object in the water
Derivation:
catapult (a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
Example:
the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "catapult" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
catapult (an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles)
catapult (a device that launches aircraft from a warship)
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